Chingachgook, the Great Snake
(Chingachgook, die große Schlange)

Original Theatrical Poster

Country	East Germany
Directed by	Richard Groschopp
Release Date	1967
Language	German
Studio	DEFA

Main Cast
Character	Actor
Chingachgook, "The Great Snake"	Gojko Mitic
Natty Bumppo alias "Deerslayer"	Rolf Römer
"Floating Tom" Hutter	Helmut Schreiber
Henry March alias "Hurry Harry"	Jürgen Frohriep
Judith Hutter	Lilo Grahn
Wah-ta-Wah	Andrea Drahota

Chingachgook, the Great Snake (Chingachgook, die große Schlange) is a 1967 East German adventure movie directed by Richard Groschopp and based on the novel "The Deerslayer" by James Fenimore Cooper. Gojko Mitic appears as Mohican warrior Chingachgook, "The Great Snake", and Rolf Römer as Natty Bumppo, known at that time as "Deerslayer".

The following weapons were used in the film Chingachgook, the Great Snake (Chingachgook, die große Schlange):

Pistols

Flintlock Pistols

British officers, including the commandant of the fort Capt. Warley (Horst Preusker) and Lt. Thornton (Karl Zugowski), carry Flintlock Pistols. Deerslayer and Chingachgook find a pair of pistols in Tom Hutter's chest. The pistols look reasonably real, similar to late 18th century cavalry pistols, but flints in jaws are absend. Flintlocks doesn't move when these guns fire; obviously, the shots are imitated with pyrotechnics.

For comparison: British Heavy Dragoon Pistol - .62 caliber

Capt. Warley holds a pistol.

Capt. Warley and Lt. Thornton with pistols.

Warley holds another pistol.

Two unnamed officers with pistols.

The pistol "fires", the lock is motionless.

A pair of pistols in Tom Hutter's chest.

Deerslayer examines one of these pistols. It appears to be longer that officers' pistols

A good view of Warley's pistol during the attack on Hurons settlement.

Muskets

Flintlock muskets are used by main characters - Chingachgook (Gojko Mitic), Deerslayer (Rolf Römer), Hurry Harry (Jürgen Frohriep) and Floating Tom Hutter (Helmut Schreiber), and also by British soldiers and Huron warriors.

Chingachgook's Musket

Chingachgook's musket, gifted to him by Delaware chief (Adolf Peter Hoffmann), looks like a hunting gun. Possibly it is an original gun of flintlock era, similar to Jaeger Rifle, or a modern replica of such gun (a mockup, based on modern shotgun and fitted with fake flintlock, is also possible but seems less credible). It appears to be that a pair of props is used in the movie, as in several scenes Chingachgook's musket has a metal head of ramrod, and in some - a wooden one.

For comparison: Plain German Jaeger rifle - .62 cal

Delaware chief gifts a gun to Chingachgook in gratitude for his salvation.

A close view of the barrel. The ramrod has metal head.

Chingachgook holds his musket. The ramrod has wooden head.

A close view of the gun.

Chingachgook with his musket.

A close view of the barrel. The ramrod has wooden head.

Chingachgook with his musket. The muzzle is seen.

A good view of Chingachgook's musket on promotion still.

Deerslayer's Musket

Deerslayer's musket looks generally similar to Chingachgook's one, resembling a Jaeger Rifle. Like Chingachgook's musket, Deerslayer's gun also has a metal or a wooden head of ramrod in different scenes, so possibly two props were used.

For comparison: Plain German Jaeger rifle - .62 cal

A general view of Deerslayer's gun.

A close view of the lock. Note the lack of the flint.

Deerslayer sleeps with his musket at hand.

Deerslayer's musket has a ramrod with wooden head.

When Deerslayer is in close combat with a Huron warrior, his musket is replaced with another prop that lacks any decorations on stock.

Deerslayer's musket.

The muzzle is seen.

A good view of the gun.

Hurry Harry's Musket

Hurry Harry has a rather different musket, with military outlook. The lack of barrel bands makes this musket look similar to Brown Bess though it's hardly an original gun. The ramrod looks different in various scenes.